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Rick Barnes is going to be around as long as he wants, and rightly so

robby: Rob Lewis08/28/25Volquest_Rob
Tennessee's Zakai Zeigler (5) lifts Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes off the ground during Senior Day presentations after a men’s college basketball game between Tennessee and South Carolina at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center, Saturday, March 8, 2025. © Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Tennessee's Zakai Zeigler (5) lifts Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes off the ground during Senior Day presentations after a men’s college basketball game between Tennessee and South Carolina at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center, Saturday, March 8, 2025. © Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Full disclosure. When Rick Barnes was hired by Dave Hart in March of 2015 to try and pick up the pieces after the disastrous and embarrassing one-year Donnie Tyndall era my initial reaction was…YAWN.